inexpedient

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not expedient; inadvisable: an inexpedient tactic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not expedient; not suited to the purpose or the circumstances; not judicious or advisable.

Examples

In protest against the alleged usurpations of secular power Pope Pius IX. promulgated, in 1883, the memorable decree _Non Expedit_, by which it was declared "inexpedient" that Catholics should vote at parliamentary elections.

The report of the committee on finance as to the expediency of amending the 5th section of chapter 53 of the Code of Virginia of 1860, concluding with a resolution that it is inexpedient to legislate on the subject, was taken up, on motion of Mr. AMBERS; and the question being on agreeing to the resolution, Mr. AMBERS moved to amend the resolution by striking out "inexpedient," and inserting "expedient;" and the question being on agreeing thereto, was put, and decided in the negative.